[Milsurplus] Fwd: BC-611 battery extraction

[Al Klase]

And, keep in mind, that _might_ be a mercury battery, with the 
associated environmental considerations.  - Al

Al Klase -- N3FRQ
Jersey City, NJ
http://www.skywaves.ar88.net/

On 6/10/2014 6:38 PM, WA5CAB--- via Milsurplus wrote:
> It'll be messy but that's probably what I would do.  He'll have to use a
> drill press, else the bit will almost certainly walk out the side of the case.
>   
>
> In a message dated 06/10/2014 16:52:04 PM Central Daylight Time,
> jmccarty at alcatel-lucent.com writes:
>> A friend of mine picked up a nice looking BC-611 at an estate sale. The
>> unit had sat for many years up in the attic of a house with the original
>> batteries inside. The filament battery was no problem to remove but the
>> 103 volt battery swelled and is stubbornly stuck in its compartment. My
>> friend has taken the top and bottom covers off and tried to push it out
>> but no joy. Suggestions?? Should he try and drill through the length of
>> the battery and collapse it from the inside??? tnx + 73 John n9hrt
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